pointillé

noun

A style of finishing consisting of dotted lines and curves on the covers of a book.

OriginFrench pointillé →
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Meanings

nounpointillé (countable and uncountable, plural pointillés)

plural pointillés

  1. countableuncountableA style of finishing consisting of dotted lines and curves on the covers of a book.

Origin

  1. Frenchpointillé
  2. Frenchpointillé
  3. Englishpointillé

Borrowed from French pointillé.

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APA

pointillé. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pointill%C3%A9

MLA

“pointillé.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pointill%C3%A9. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pointillé,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pointill%C3%A9.

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